Manufacture of display cards, containers, and the like with raised figures



y 1935. c. c. CHURCH 2,000,922

MANUFACTURE OF DISPLAY CARDS, CONTAINERS, AND THE LIKE WITH RAISED FIGURES 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 21, 1952 D Fig.1.

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CHFFord C.Church byawd D A1Tys.

May 14, 1935. c. c. CHURCH MANUFACTURE OF DISPLAY CARDS, CONTAINERS, AND THE LIKE WITH RAISED FIGURES 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig.7.

Filed NOV. 21, 1952 Fig.6.

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May 1935. c. c. CHURCH 2,000,922

MANUFACTURE .OF DISPLAY CARDS, CONTAINERS, AND THE LIKE WITH RAISED FIGURES Filed Nov. 21, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Fig. 10.

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Clifford Qchurch ATTys.

byigaud Patented May 14, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 FIGURES Clifford 0. Church, Needham, Mall.

Application November 21, 1932, Serial No. 643,692

9 Claims.

This invention relates to the manufacture of display stands, boxes or other containers or like articles whichare made of sheet material and which present raised ornamentations or raised letters,

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved process of making such display cards or containers by which relatively thin cardboard sheets can be used manufacture, which sheets can be readily cut with'the well-know steel rule dies.

In carrying out my improved process I provide a pad or sheet of the desired thickness which is formed with through-and-through cuts along the outline of the raised figures or ornaments with which the display stand or container or other object is to be provided, said cuts being so made and the sheet being so formed that the cut-out portions or figures remain in the sheet.

The cutting out of these figures is done in such a way that they have the same relative position in the pad or sheet as they are to have in the completed article.

According to one feature of the invention the cut-out portions of the pad or sheet may be transferred simultaneously and bodily from the pad or sheet to a suitable background and adhesively united thereto, said figures being retained in the same relative position during transfer and after being adhesively united to the background as they had in the pad from which they'were originally cut.. This makes a card or a sheet with raised letters or figures applied thereto. Kit is desired to have the edges of the raised figures colored or to have any particular finish applied to such edges then the figures may be partially displaced from the pad or sheet so that they project beyond the surface thereof while in the opposite direction or pushed through. to the other side of thefsheet to expose the un-' finished portions of the edges and such unfinished portions may then be provided with the desirable finish. After. the edges have thus been finished then the cut-out figures may be trans-' ferred to and adhesively united to a background as above stated. If desired, the sheet itself may be used as a background and the raised figure effect secured by partially displacing the cut-out figures from the sheet and leaving them in the sheet in their partially displaced condition.

The character of the figures which are cut-out (CL 93-36) r may vary greatly. They may be in the form of letters arranged to produce a name or some advertising slogan or any other desirable words, or they maybe purely in the nature of ornaments to produce an ornamental effect.

Other features of the invention will appear in connection with the following description of some selected embodiments of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figs. 1, 2,.3'and 4 show various steps in the process of making an ornamental display with raised letters or figures} Fig. ,5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the display; I

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show steps in the process of making abox or container embodying the invention, and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a box made in accordance with the invention;

Figs. 10 and 11 are views showing steps in the process of making the raised figure, display or container wherein the figures are cut from sheet material and afterwards applied to a background;

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary view of a background having raised letters applied thereto in accordance with the present invention; 7

13 shows a method of finishing the edges of raised figures which have been partially stripped from a sheet;

Fig. 14 is'a fragmentary view of the transfer device shown in Figs. 10 and 11;

In Figs. 1 to 5 there is illustrated a process embodying the invention by which a display card may be produced which has raised letters or figures that are formed by partially stripping cutout portions of the card from the main body thereof.

In order to produce a display card of sufficient thickness having this feature and in a simple and inexpensive way I propose to make the card of a plurality of sheets adhesively secured together, each sheet before assembly with the other sheets,

having througheand-through cuts made therein {to produce'the raised figures or letters, said plurality of sheets being all cut in a similar manner.

Sheets of relatively thin cardboard can be inexpensively cut by means of steel rule dies while a thick or heavy piece of cardboard could not be successfully cut by this method. Accordingly I propose to take a plurality of sheets, such as the sheet I in Fig. 1, and then cut the same throughand-through along the outline of the desired display and also along the outlines of the raised figures or letters with which the display is to be provided. Merely as illustrating the operation in Fig. 1, the sheet I is shown as being out along the letters A. E. Co., as indicate t 3 and it also consists oi? he ornai iurali of sheets hi when rposed on each other to make a final lamior pad of the desired thickness for cut s to that shown in Fig. l. e so LS need in superposed iaceto-back relation as shown in Fig. 2 with the cuts in the sheets registering with each other. This 5." y be easily done by employing sheets i which have positioning notches formed in the edges thereof and then employing a holder in the form or" a base 6 having positioning arms 7 rising theresituated to engage in the notches 5 when the sheets are pieced on the base 6 in their faoe-to-back superposed relation.

After the sheets have been adhesively united in then they may be removed from the form the outside waste material .5 removed to leave the display portion 8 which is in the form of a laminated sheet.

To produce the raised letter or raised ornament etiect the cut-out portions 3, whether they are in the form of letters or ornamental figures, or whatever form, may then be partially stripped or partially pushed out of the display card 8 so that they will appear on the surface of the card as raised letters or figures as indicated in Fig. 3. These letters or figures are cut from the cardboard sheets i with a steel rule die. The cut is so made that the cut-out portions will remain in the sheet by the frictional engagement of the peripheries of the cut-out portions with the sheet and where the figures or letters 5 are partially pushed out of the sheet to give the raised figure efiect the peripheries oi the cut-out portions will still have soincient frictional engagement with the walls of the openings to retain them in position If it is desired to give the display any particular color may be done by painting or dipping the display and the paint or coloring matter when dry would assist in holding the partie'ly stripped letters or figures in their raised position.

in making a display which presents an upright portion carrying the raised letters, and a base portion to support the upright portion I may term each sheet iwith the zig-zag cut ill prerenting a series or" rectangular ofiset portions in which the length of the transverse lines l i of said out are equal to the thickness of the laminated sheet to be made. i

The laminated sheet shown in Fig. 3 which is provided with this cut to will have the display portion 5) and the base portion l2. The display portion 8 will be formed with fingers it which are inter-meshed with fingers id formed on the portion t2. If now, the base portion 52 is turned into a position at right angles to the display portion 8 as shown in Fig. 4 with the fingers t3 and i remaining in mesh with each other there will be produced. a display having upright portion ll carrying the display and the base portion it which are connected by a box: joint as shown best in Fig. 5.

Because of the way in winch the intermeshing fingers i3 and M are made they will always fit each other perfectly and thereby reduce a per- :Zectly fitting box joint.

in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, I have shown the some accuses?!- method employed in e.- ooz: or container. In this method a plurality of sheets IE will be cut through-and-through with the steel rule die along the lines it, Ell to form the box bottom portion the bo side sections ll and the box end sections l8 and the actions'l'i and I8 may also be out along outlines 2t, 22 of any desired shape to produce any desirrd ornamental effect. After a plurality of sheets have been thus ou through-and-through they are assembled in superposed face-to-back relation as shown in Fig. 7 and adhesively united in such relation to make a iaminated sheet oi the, desired thickness. This assembling can be done by means of a form 23 on which the sheets may be placed and having the upstanding positioning fingers 24 which are received in notches 35 with which the sheets 25' are provided. Tihis holds the sheets in their registering relation.

After the sheets have been glued together the outside waste material it may be stripped ofl leaving the sheet material in the shape shown in Fig. 8 and thereafter the side portions i1 and end portions to may be bent up at right angles to the box bottom portion 45 to form,

the box or container shown in Fig. 9. Because of the zig-zag shape of the lines of cut l9 and 2!) the sides and ends of the box will be connected to the bottom with a box joint and also connected with each other by the box joint.

Prior to folding the sides and ends of the box into box form the portions 2'8 outlined by the cuts 28, 22 may be partially stripped from the sheet so that when the box is formed they provide raised ornaments on the sides of the box.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 9 the laminated sheet from which the raised figures are out forms part of the completed article and serves as a support for the raised figures.

In Figs. 10, 11 and 12 there is shown an embodirnent of the invention wherein the cut-out figures are transferred from the sheet from which they were cut to another sheet which forms the supporting background for them.

As shown in Fig. 12, the cut-out figures, which may be letters or ornamental figures, are shown as being applied to the surface of a background or sheet 28. Merely for illustrative purposes such cut-out figures, which are indicated at 29, are shown as the letters A, B, but, of course, these cut-out figures may have any desired shape or outline. They are formed from a. laminated sheet indicated at 30 in Fig. 10, said sheet preferably being made in the manner described with reference to the display 8 and the box material shown in Fig. 8. This laminated sheet 30 is produced by adheslvely uniting in face-to-back relation a plurality of sheets, each of which has been provided with through-and-through cuts by a suitable die to produce the figures 29.

After the laminated sheet 30 is thus produced the cut-out figures 29 are transferred bodily from the sheet'tll to the background 28 and during the transfer said cut-out figures 29 will be main tained in the same relative position as that which they occupied in the laminated sheet 30. When thus eiiecting the transfer I may use a transfer form 3| which comprises a base portion on which the background member 28 is placed and upright sheet-positioning arms 32 by which the laminated sheet 30 is retained in position. This transfer device also includes a guiding member 33 which rests on the background member 28 and is provided with guiding openings 34 that register with the cut-out portions 2.? the l minated sheet 31?. The transfer is efiected by of a transfer member which can be moved vertically on the guides 32 and which is provided with projections 36 of a size and shape corresponding to the cut-out members 29.

After the background 28, the guide 23 and the sheet 30 have been assembled .in the transfer device as shown in Fig. 10 then'the transfer member 35 may be moved downwardly as shown in Fig. 11 which will cause the projections 38 to engage the cut-out portions 29 and force the same out of the sheet 30 and through the guiding openings 35 in the guide member 33 and against the background member 28.

The face of the cut-out portions 29 may be provided with suitable adhesive before this trans fer operation so that when they have been transferred and then pressure is applied to them through the transfer member 35 they will be adhesively united to the background. By this method of transfer the cut-out portions 29 will retain the same position relative to each other.

' ing background with figures applied to the surface thereof and presenting the raised figure effect.

It is sometimes desirable to have the edges of the raised figures or cut-out figures 29 provided with a suitable finish. This can be done accord-- ing to the method shown in Fig. 13. According to this method the cut-out portions 29 are partially pushed out or stripped from the sheet 3|] as shown by full lines and then the exposed edges of these cut-outs can be provided with the desired finish either by means of a spray nozzle 37 or in any other way. By this operation, of course, only a portion of the edge of each cut-out will be finished but after such portion has been provided with the finish then the cut-out portions may be pushed through to the other side of the sheet-30 as shown by dotted lines Fig. 13 so as to expose the unfinished portions of the edges and such unfinished portions may then be provided with the desirable finish. After the edges have been completely finished then the cut-out portions may be transferred to the background as above described.

This same method of finishing the edges of the raised figures can be employed where the figures are only partially pushed out of the sheet as shown in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive.

If his desired to provide the front face of the figures with some special finish, such for instance as a special color or colors or a special finish coating, etc. then said figures maybe partially pushed out of the front face of the pad or sheet '30 as shown by full lines in Fig. 13, and while they are thus in this position the front face .of the figures can be given the desired finish coating and because they are raised from the sheet such finish coating may be readily applied to the figures only.

If it is desired to transfer these figures to a background then they may be pushed back into the dotted line position Fig. 13 so that the back faces of the figures project beyond the back face of the sheet 30 and glue or other adhesive may then be applied to the projecting back faces of the figures. After this is done the figures may be transferred onto and applied to a background as shown in Fig. 11.

I have stated above that the figures are so out orm'ade that after the laminated sheet has formed the figures will remain in the sheet frictional engagement of the peripheries thereof with the walls of the opening f om which the figures are out. Because of such frictional en" gagement the pad or sheet may be used as a means for transporting the figures from one place to another. It is thus possible to produce a sheet with figures cut therein and then to transport the sheet with the figures cut therein to some other location at which the ornament or display or container or other article can be made by either partially displacing the figures from the pad as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 or transferring the figures to a background as shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 12. In this case the pad or sheet 30 forms a holder or carrier for the figures between the time they are cut out and the time they are to be used. While the'raised figures on the upright portion 8 of the display shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are illustrated in said figures as being formed by partially displacing the cut-cut figures from a sheet yet this same raised figure effect on the upright portion 8 of the display or on the sides of the box shown in Fig. 9 may be produced by transferring the cut-outs from another sheet to the upright portion of the display or the side of the box, which in such case would form the background element. Hence so far as the making of the box or the display shown in Figs. 3 and dis concerned the raised figures may be produced thereon either by partially displacing said figures from the sides of the box or from the vertical portion of the display or transferring said figures to the sides of the box and the vertical portion of the display from another sheet.

I claim: I

1. The method of making a sheet with raised figures on it which consists in making throughand-through cuts in a. sheet along the entire outline of the desired figures thereby to out said figures entirely free from the sheet but without displacing themfrom the sheet and" with the cuts in the sheet having the same relative position therein as the desired relative position of the raised figures in the finished product and subsequently transferring the previously cut out figures simultaneously from said sheet onto and securing them to another sheet and maintaining, the original relative position of the figures during such transfer and attachment to said other sheet by means othe than the first-named sheet.

2. The method of producing a sheet havingraised figures which consists in making in a plu-' rality of sheets of material similar through-andthrough continuous cuts along the entire outline of the desired raised figures, adhesively uniting the sheets in face-to-back relation with the cuts of the several sheets in register, thereby producing a laminated sheet, transferring simultaneously the cut-out figures from the laminated sheet to a background sheet through a guiding member which maintains the original relative position of said figures during each transfer.

3. The method of making a laminated sheet with raised figures, which consists in making in a plurality of sheets of material similar throughand-through cuts along the entire outline of said figures, adhesively uniting the sheets in face-toback relation with the cuts in the'sheets in register, displacing the cut-out figures in the lamihated sheet in a transverse direction but without removing them from the sheet and applying a finish coat to the c 'ges of said figures which project beyond the sheet.

4. The method of making a laminated sheet with raised figures, which consists in making in each of a plurality of sheets of material similar through-and-through cuts along the entire outline of said figures, adhesively uniting the. sheets in face-to-ba'ck relation with the cuts in the sheets in register, displacing the cut-out figures in the laminated sheet in a transverse direction but without removing them from the sheet, applying a. finish coat to the edges of said figures which project beyond the sheet, displacing the cut-out in the sheet in the opposite transverse direction but without removing the figures,

from the sheet so that the'unfinished portions of the edges of the sheet project beyond the sheet and then appiying a finish coating to such unfinished portions.

5. The method of making a display in the form of a laminated sheet having raised figures, which consists in making in a plurality of sheets of material similar cuts along theoutline oi said figures and also a zig-zag cut extending across the sheet to divide the latter into a base section and a display section, which out has spaced parallel portions extending transversely to the line of cut and each of a length equal to the thickness of the laminated sheet and connecting portions which connect the transverse portions and extend at right angles thereto thereby forming fingers on each section which are interleaved f with fingers on the other section, adhesively uniting the sheets in face-to-back relation with the cuts of the several sheets in register thus forming a laminated sheet, displacing in a transverse direction the cut-out portions presenting the figures in said laminated sheet to cause them to appear as raised figures on one face of the laminated sheet and placing the two portions of the laminated sheet on opposite sides of said zig-zag out in right-angular relation with the fingers on one section of the sheet meshing with those on the other section to produce a box joint.

6. The method of making a container having raised figures on its sides which consists in cutting box blanks from a plurality of sheets of material, each blank having the box-bottom portion and the box-side portion separated by a cut having spaced rectangular offset portions, some at least of the box-side portions being provided with through-and-through cuts along the outline of the desired raised figures, adhesively uniting a. plurality of such similarly-cut sheets with the cuts in register, thereby to form a laminated sheet, displacing the cut-out figures in a transverse direction to cause them to project beyond the face of the sheet, bending the box-side portions into a right-angular position with reference to the box-bottom portion and thereby to form a box joint between the box-bottom portion and the bQX-"SldE portions of the laminated sheet.

7. The steps in the method of making a display with raised figures which consists in making in. a plurality of sheets of material similar cuts alongthe outline of said figures and with the cuts forming the figures in the same relative position as that desired for the raised figures in the final product, adhesively uniting the sheets of material in facets-back relation and with similar cuts in the sheets registering with each other thereby forming a laminated sheet, displacing the figures in said sheet in a transverse direction to cause the front faces of the figures to project beyond the front of the sheet, applying a finish coat to said front faces while so projecting, displacing the figures rearwardly in said sheet so that the rear faces of the figures project beyond the rear faces of the sheet, applying a coating of adhesive to said projecting 'rear faces and then transferring the figures onto a background sheet.

8. The method of making a display in the form of a laminated sheet having raised figures which consists in making in each of a plurality of sheets of material a zig-zag cut extending across the sheet to divide the latter into a base section and a display section, which out has spaced parallel portions extending transversely to the lineof cut and each of a length equal to the thickness of the laminated sheet and connecting portions which connect the transverse portions and extend at right angles thereto thereby forming fingers on each section which are interleaved with fingers on the other section, ad-

hesively uniting the sheets in face-to-back relation with the cuts of the several sheets in register thus forming a laminated sheet, producing raised figures on the display section of the laminated sheet and placing the two portions of the laminated sheet on opposite sides of saidzig-zag cut in right-angular relation with the fingers on one section of the sheet meshing with those on the other section to produce a. box joint.

9. The method of making a container having raised figures on its sides, which consists in cutting box blanks from a plurality of sheets of material, each blank having the box-bottom portion and the box-side portion separated by a out having spaced rectangular offset portions, adhesively uniting a plurality of such similarly-cut sheets with the cuts in register thereby to form a laminated sheet, forming raised figures on some at least of the box-side portions of the laminated sheet, bending the box-side portions into a rightangular position with reference to the box-bottom portion and thereby to form a box joint between the box-bottom portion and the box-side portion of the laminated sheet;

CLIFFORD C. CHURCH. 

